Halloween is supposed to be spooky, sure — but when the It Happens in Florida crew celebrates, it’s less “boo” and more “what on earth just happened?” 

This year’s Florida-style Halloween started with the costume contest. Nobody dressed as a vampire, witch, or ghost. Nope. Instead: 

• The director showed up as a Publix sub. (Extra pickles, of course.)
• One of the extras wrapped himself in caution tape and declared he was “Florida Road Construction.”
• And someone thought it was a great idea to glue plastic iguanas to their shirt and go as “Falling Iguana Season.” Terrifying and accurate.

Things only got weirder when the crew went trick-or-treating. Instead of candy, neighbors handed out:

• Beef jerky
• Mini bottles of hot sauce
• And, in one case, a live baby gator (don’t worry, it was returned… mostly).

The haunted house? Forget ghosts. The “scariest” room featured a Florida Man in swim trunks grilling hot dogs at 3 a.m., blasting Jimmy Buffett, and offering suspiciously warm cans of Natty Light. The crew agreed this was more chilling than any haunted clown.

By the end of the night, the cast was bobbing for oranges instead of apples, someone set off fireworks in the middle of the corn maze, and Oscar swears he saw a skeleton driving a golf cart down the street — though that might’ve just been a retiree from Boca in really good makeup.

So, Halloween in Florida? Spooky. But mostly… absolutely, wonderfully, weird.

Happy Florida Halloween, y’all. Stay safe, watch out for gators in costumes, and remember: if you hear a chainsaw, it might just be someone carving a jack-o’-lantern out of a watermelon. 🍉🔪👻